Due to a shortage of train crew, some trains which operate on routes through Birmingham Snow Hill will be cancelled or amended. This is expected until the end of the day.

Alternative travel options:

West Midlands Railway:

* Birmingham New Street - Droitwich Spa - Worcester - Great Malvern [Typically: to Droitwich, 30 mins]

* Birmingham New Street - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Sandwell & Dudley [Typically: 10-15 mins]

* Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction to connect between bus and rail services.

West Midlands Metro:

* Birmingham Grand Central - Corporation Street - Bull Street - Snow Hill (for Snow Hill Station) - Jewellery Quarter - The Hawthorns - West Bromwich Central [Typically: 15-20 min]

National Express West Midlands:

* Bus Route 4 / 4H / 4M (NXWM): Walsall - Tame Bridge Parkway - West Bromwich (for West Midlands Metro) - Oldbury - Blackheath - Sandwell & Dudley - Rowley Regis - Cradley Heath.
* Bus Route 8A / 8C (NXWM): Duddeston (nearby) - Adderley Park - Small Heath - Five Ways (for Birmingham New Street / CrossCity) - Hockley
* Bus Route 9 [Black Country] (NXWM): Birmingham - Halesowen Interchange - Cradley Heath (nearby) - Lye - Stourbridge Town
* Bus Route 12 / 12A (NXWM): Birmingham - Langley Green - Dudley
* Bus Route 13 [Birmingham] (NXWM): Birmingham - Langley Green
* Bus Route 16 [Black Country] (NXWM): Wolverhampton - Stourbridge
* Bus Route 17 [Dudley] (NXWM): Dudley - Stourbridge
* Bus Route 80 (NXWM): Birmingham - Five Ways - Smethwick Galton Bridge - West Bromwich
* Bus Route 87 (NXWM): Birmingham - Smethwick Rolfe Street (nearby) - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Oldbury (nearby to Sandwell & Dudley) - Dudley
* Bus Route X10 (NXWM): Birmingham - Old Hill - Cradley Heath - Merry Hill
* Bus Route X7 (NXWM): Wolverhampton - Dudley - Smethwick Rolfe Street (nearby) - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Birmingham
* Bus Route X8 (NXWM): Wolverhampton - Dudley - Bearwood - Birmingham (nearby New Street and Snow Hill Station)

* Bus Route 2 [Birmingham] (NXWM): Birmingham - Yardley Wood
* Bus Route 3 [Birmingham] (NXWM): Birmingham - Yardley Wood
* Bus Route 4 / 4A [Solihull] (NXWM): Birmingham - Tyseley - Acocks Green - Olton - Solihull
* Bus Route 5 [Solihull] (NXWM): Birmingham - Yardley Wood - Shirley - Solihull
* Bus Route 6 [Solihull] (NXWM): Birmingham - Hall Green - Shirley - Solihull
* Bus Route 8A / 8C (NXWM): Duddeston (nearby) - Adderley Park - Small Heath - Five Ways (for Birmingham New Street / CrossCity) - Hockley
* Bus Route 17 [Birmingham] (NXWM): Birmingham - Bordesley (occasional service)
* Bus Route 49 [South Birmingham] (NXWM): Shirley Railway Station - Kings Norton - Northfield (nearby) - Longbridge
* Bus Route 60 (NXWM): Birmingham - Small Heath (nearby)
* Bus Route 76 (NXWM): University - Selly Oak - Yardley Wood - Solihull
* Bus Route X1 (NXWM): Birmingham - Bordesley - Birmingham International - Coventry

* Bus Route 11A / 11C (NXWM): Stechford - Acocks Green - Spring Road - Hall Green - Cotteridge (for Kings Norton) - Bournville
* Bus Route 31 [Solihull] (NXWM): Acocks Green - Solihull
* Bus Route 49 [South Birmingham] (NXWM): Shirley Railway Station - Kings Norton - Northfield (nearby) - Longbridge
* Bus Route 58 [Solihull] (NXWM): Olton Station - Solihull
* Bus Route 72 (NXWM): Marston Green - Lea Hall (nearby) - Solihull
* Bus Route 76 (NXWM): University - Selly Oak - Yardley Wood - Solihull
* Bus Route X1 (NXWM): Birmingham - Bordesley - Birmingham International - Coventry
* Bus Route X2 (NXWM): Birmingham - Solihull

Note:

* If you're travelling between Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Worcester, we do not have any arrangements with local bus operators to accept your rail tickets.  Please keep your bus tickets: we will consider reimbursing your out-of-pocket expenses on a case-by-case basis.

Road transport has been requested to operate where there is any gap in service over 60+ minutes and a local bus cannot be used.

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Compensation:
You may be entitled to compensation if you experience a delay in completing your journey today. Please keep your train ticket and make a note of your journey, as both will be required to support any claim.

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